Female employees at a local bank in Malawi are no longer allowed to
wear miniskirts at work, with management saying "revealing clothes"
could be offensive to some families.
According to Nyasa Times,
the head of human resources at Malawi Savings Bank (MSB), Richard
Kunjawa, signed a memo to all staff saying that skirts must be of a
reasonable length.
The leaked memo was addressed to the bank's branch managers and section managers.
The
female employees were banned against wearing any form of revealing
clothes that could be distracting and offensive such as miniskirts and
sleeveless blouses.
They
were also banned from having "immoderate and multi coloured hair styles
or dreadlocks... unco-ordinated dress style or head gear", Face of Malawi reported.
"The overexposure by women will not be tolerated in the bank," Malawi News Now quoted Kunjawa as saying.
Men
were not safe from the clothing ban either as they were told that they
would not be able to wear saggy trousers or to dress in a shabby style.
MSB maintained its stance, saying it was about respect and they believed the dress code would help check immorality.
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